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...82 Chapter 5 Appendix ...85 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 85 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 85 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 91 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 93 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 98 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 98 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In ... Sound Recorder 105 5-3 Troubleshooting 106 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 106 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 107 Regulatory Statements 109 Only for GA-EP45T-DS3R. (Note) This feature is optional due to different regional policy. - 5 -
...82 Chapter 5 Appendix ...85 5-1 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s 85 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller 85 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette 91 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System 93 5-2 ConfiguringAudio Input and Output 98 5-2-1 Configuring 2/4/5.1/7.1-Channel Audio 98 5-2-2 Installing the S/PDIF In ... Sound Recorder 105 5-3 Troubleshooting 106 5-3-1 Frequently Asked Questions 106 5-3-2 Troubleshooting Procedure 107 Regulatory Statements 109 Only for GA-EP45T-DS3R. (Note) This feature is optional due to different regional policy. - 5 -
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...Note 1) Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR3 1900 (O.C.)/1600/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) Realtek ALC889A codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support... T.I. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 JMicron 368 chip: - 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices iTE IT8718 chip: - 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to the internal IEEE 1394a header) Only for GA-EP45T-DS3.
...Note 1) Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR3 1900 (O.C.)/1600/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.) Realtek ALC889A codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support... T.I. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 JMicron 368 chip: - 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices iTE IT8718 chip: - 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to the internal IEEE 1394a header) Only for GA-EP45T-DS3.
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...an even number.) • A RAID 10 configuration requires at least two hard drives. Pin No. 1 2 3 Definition MPD+ MPDMPD- 1 System Status LED S0 On S1 Blinking S3/S4/S5 Off Only for instructions on when the system is operating. GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 26 - 8) SATA2_0/1/2/3/4/5... (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors) The SATA connectors conform to your SATA hard drive. • A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least four hard drives and the total ...
...an even number.) • A RAID 10 configuration requires at least two hard drives. Pin No. 1 2 3 Definition MPD+ MPDMPD- 1 System Status LED S0 On S1 Blinking S3/S4/S5 Off Only for instructions on when the system is operating. GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 26 - 8) SATA2_0/1/2/3/4/5... (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors) The SATA connectors conform to your SATA hard drive. • A RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration requires at least four hard drives and the total ...
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... integrated in the Intel ICH10R Southbridge or configures the SATA controllers to PATA mode. (Default) RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP45T-DS3R. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software Integrated Peripherals SATA RAID/AHCI Mode 1 SATA AHCI Mode 2 SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller ...Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults SSATA RAID/AHCI Mode (Intel ICH10R Southbridge) Enables or disables RAID for GA-EP45T-DS3. - 51 -
... integrated in the Intel ICH10R Southbridge or configures the SATA controllers to PATA mode. (Default) RAID Enables RAID for GA-EP45T-DS3R. 2-6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Award Software Integrated Peripherals SATA RAID/AHCI Mode 1 SATA AHCI Mode 2 SATA Port0-3 Native Mode USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller ...Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F6: Fail-Safe Defaults ESC: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults SSATA RAID/AHCI Mode (Intel ICH10R Southbridge) Enables or disables RAID for GA-EP45T-DS3. - 51 -
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... card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are attached to the first IDE and the first SATA connectors, the hard drive on the first SATA connector is the first physical...
... card • Windows® XP with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2. • USB hard drives are not supported. • Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are attached to the first IDE and the first SATA connectors, the hard drive on the first SATA connector is the first physical...
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... Before You Begin: 1. 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOSTM. ep4tds3r.f1) to enter MSDOS mode. Note: You can update the system BIOS without the need to your motherboard model. 2. GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 72 - Note: The USB flash ...drive or hard drive must use the key during the POST or pressing the key in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to a hard drive in ...
... Before You Begin: 1. 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities GIGABYTE motherboards provide two unique BIOS update tools, Q-FlashTM and @BIOSTM. ep4tds3r.f1) to enter MSDOS mode. Note: You can update the system BIOS without the need to your motherboard model. 2. GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 72 - Note: The USB flash ...drive or hard drive must use the key during the POST or pressing the key in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to a hard drive in ...
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... updating the BIOS, choose the location where the BIOS file is updating the BIOS. Step 3: When the update process is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the key during the POST to update BIOS?" Unique Features The follow...
... updating the BIOS, choose the location where the BIOS file is updating the BIOS. Step 3: When the update process is saved to a hard drive in RAID/AHCI mode or a hard drive attached to an independent IDE/SATA controller, use the key during the POST to update BIOS?" Unique Features The follow...
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... use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Appendix Only for GA-EP45T-DS3R. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to AHCI or RAID mode. - 85 - Install SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Configure SATA controller mode in your computer. Chapter 5 ...formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Configure a RAID array in your power supply to an available SATA port on the SATA controller. (Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is recommended that you...
... use two hard drives with identical model and capacity). Appendix Only for GA-EP45T-DS3R. (Note 1) Skip this step if you do not want to AHCI or RAID mode. - 85 - Install SATA hard drive(s) in BIOS Setup. Configure SATA controller mode in your computer. Chapter 5 ...formatted floppy disk. • Windows Vista/XP setup disk. • Motherboard driver disk. 5-1-1 Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller A. Configure a RAID array in your power supply to an available SATA port on the SATA controller. (Note 2) Required when the SATA controller is recommended that you...
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The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on your motherboard. If you have and the BIOS version. GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 86 - To create RAID, set this section may differ from the exact settings for your computer and press to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup...
The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on your motherboard. If you have and the BIOS version. GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 86 - To create RAID, set this section may differ from the exact settings for your computer and press to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup...
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... + to enter Configuration Utility.. Figure 2 Step 2: After you want to create a RAID array, select Create RAID Volume in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Create RAID Volume If you press + , the MAIN MENU screen will appear (Figure 3). Create RAID Volume 2. RAID Volumes : None defined. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013...
... + to enter Configuration Utility.. Figure 2 Step 2: After you want to create a RAID array, select Create RAID Volume in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Create RAID Volume If you press + , the MAIN MENU screen will appear (Figure 3). Create RAID Volume 2. RAID Volumes : None defined. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013...
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... are typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [K L ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 5 [ENTER]-Select GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 88 - Set the stripe block size (Figure 5) if necessary. Then, select a RAID level (Figure 4). Press to be automatically assigned to 128 KB. RAID10: Mirrors data and stripes the mirror. The stripe...
... are typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [K L ]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 5 [ENTER]-Select GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 88 - Set the stripe block size (Figure 5) if necessary. Then, select a RAID level (Figure 4). Press to be automatically assigned to 128 KB. RAID10: Mirrors data and stripes the mirror. The stripe...
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... to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 89 - Appendix All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Exit RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 Physical Disks : Port Drive Model 0...8GB Member Disk(0) [KL]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 7 [ENTER]-Select Menu To exit the ICH10R RAID BIOS utility, press or select Exit in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including the RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc. (Figure 7) Intel(R) Matrix ...
... to create this volume, press to confirm or to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and the installation of the SATA RAID/ACHI driver and operating system. - 89 - Appendix All Rights Reversed. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Exit RAID Volumes : ID Name 0 Volume0 Physical Disks : Port Drive Model 0...8GB Member Disk(0) [KL]-Select [ESC]-Exit Figure 7 [ENTER]-Select Menu To exit the ICH10R RAID BIOS utility, press or select Exit in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including the RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc. (Figure 7) Intel(R) Matrix ...
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... to non-RAID. All Rights Reversed. [ DELETE VOLUME MENU ] Name Volume0 Level RAID0(Stripe) Drives Capacity Status Bootable 2 223.6GB Normal Yes [ DELETE VOLUME VERIFICATION ] ALL DATA IN THE[VHOELLUPM] E WILL BE LOST! WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. [K L ]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 8 [DEL]-Delete Volume GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 90...
... to non-RAID. All Rights Reversed. [ DELETE VOLUME MENU ] Name Volume0 Level RAID0(Stripe) Drives Capacity Status Bootable 2 223.6GB Normal Yes [ DELETE VOLUME VERIFICATION ] ALL DATA IN THE[VHOELLUPM] E WILL BE LOST! WARNING: ALL DISK DATA WILL BE DELETED. [K L ]-Select [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 8 [DEL]-Delete Volume GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 90...
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..., the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation. Appendix 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you first have to copy the SATA controller driver from the motherboard...
..., the hard drive may not be recognized during the OS installation. Appendix 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you first have to copy the SATA controller driver from the motherboard...
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... disk to that in Figure 6 will appear. After the driver is extracted, a screen similar to your USB flash drive from the motherboard driver disk. GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 92 - When a screen similar to install the Windows Vista 32-bit operating system(Note) on the Intel ICH10R SATA controller, copy the MSM32...-bit operating system, please copy the MSM64 file. For example, to that in Figure 5 appears, type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" Copying the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive Step 1: On an alternative system, copy the SATA...
... disk to that in Figure 6 will appear. After the driver is extracted, a screen similar to your USB flash drive from the motherboard driver disk. GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 92 - When a screen similar to install the Windows Vista 32-bit operating system(Note) on the Intel ICH10R SATA controller, copy the MSM32...-bit operating system, please copy the MSM64 file. For example, to that in Figure 5 appears, type "yes" after the "Continue extraction?" Copying the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive Step 1: On an alternative system, copy the SATA...
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... for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 93 - Appendix A. Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have chosen to... install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Windows Setup Press F6 if you are ready to install Windows Vista/XP onto your system, or you have prepared the SATA...
... for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 2 - 93 - Appendix A. Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have chosen to... install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). Windows Setup Press F6 if you are ready to install Windows Vista/XP onto your system, or you have prepared the SATA...
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... be finished in about one of the items displayed and press . S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 94 - Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the Intel ICH10R SATA RAID/AHCI driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to continue the driver installation...
... be finished in about one of the items displayed and press . S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 4 GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 94 - Step 3: When Setup correctly recognizes the Intel ICH10R SATA RAID/AHCI driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 3 below appears, press to continue the driver installation...
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To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 95 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. Appendix Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R. To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3. Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 5 - 95 - This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft(R) Windows (R) XP to Setup. To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER. Appendix Step 4: After the SATA RAID/AHCI driver installation is completed, you can proceed with the Windows XP installation. WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to run on your computer.
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Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your floppy disk or USB flash drive (Figure 7). When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below assumes that below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 6). Figure 7 GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 96 - B.
Figure 6 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved, such as your system to that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your floppy disk or USB flash drive (Figure 7). When a screen similar to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Installing Windows Vista (The procedure below assumes that below appears, select Load Driver. (Figure 6). Figure 7 GA-EP45T-DS3R/DS3 Motherboard - 96 - B.
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Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 8 will be shown as Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller when the SATA controllers are set to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Appendix Figure 9 (Note) The item displayed in Figure 8 appears, select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Note) and press Next. Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then press Next to AHCI mode. - 97 -
Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 8 will be shown as Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller when the SATA controllers are set to continue the OS installation (Figure 9). Appendix Figure 9 (Note) The item displayed in Figure 8 appears, select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Note) and press Next. Figure 8 Step 4: After the driver is loaded, select the RAID/AHCI drive(s) where you want to install the operating system and then press Next to AHCI mode. - 97 -